Sanibel Fishing Reports

Bad Weather And A Magical Day of Catching! - Report for the week ending 2/14/15......... I Met John Shaffer, of Bellmont, PA. at around 9 AM at Matacha Park.  It was cloudy and gloomy looking with a 60% chance of rain and storms for most of the day.  Eventually the wind would kick.  John was more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel

Cool Down Means Hot Bite - Backbay: The fall cool off has perked up the bay bites across the board, only the very early morning tides put a chink in the bay bite. Tides are going our way with nice midmorning highs that'll open up the bite window several hours, I like! There pl more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Sanibel

Patience Means A Big Snook For Pam Stowers - Week ending 9/27/14......... The wet weather continued during this week, and made it hard to get in a day of fishing. I was on the water three days. My dear friend Frank Faust had flown in on the 15th, from Council Bluffs, Iowa. I usually pic more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel

Nice Snook On Captiva Beaches - Report for the week ending 7/12/14........ I have officially closed down for the summer, until September 1st. I received an email from Ken Courtney, of West Palm Beach, on June 20th, requesting a kayak redfishing trip in a couple of weeks, and ha more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel

More Redfish off Sanibel Island - Joe Saugrich and his sons Andrew and James, from Michigan came to Fort Myers to do a little fishing. It was their first time in the Fort Myers/Sanibel Island area and wanted to try to catch some Redfish or Snook, or both. Well, we didn't catch any Sn more...
Capt. Paul Hobby - Sanibel

Beach and Bayou Fishing - Week ending 6/28/14......... I had two outings this week before shutting down for the summer. The first was a beach snook fishing trip with Steve Austin, of Jacksonville, Florida, and his good friend Wendell. We were to meet at the Circle K more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel

Clam Bayou Gives Up A Nice Snook On A Tough Tide - Week Ending 6/21/14........... It was a week of mostly poor tides, but I did get out for a day on the best tide we had, which was Monday. My friends Kevin Duffy, and his son Kenny, were down from Wisconsin for a week of vacation at South Seas. K more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel

Hot Flats Action - Backbay: Good reports all along the region. The Redfish Rodeo continues with double digit catches the norm with numbers of overslot fish. Crews offered up shrimp in various states of repair and disrepair. As usual we opted for frozen stink more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Sanibel

Sanibel Island Fishing with Tarpoons.com - We've had a great week fishing here at Sanibel Island. Tarpon season has just started and the silver is flying! Everyone who fished with me was their 1st time to hook and boat a silver king. All of them lost the 1st hook up. It's important to bow more...
Capt. Greg Hood - Sanibel

Sanibel Island Fishing - Tarpon are showing up near Sanibel Island. Several guides have caught tarpon fishing near Sanibel. Weather conditions for the next 7 days is great for even more tarpon to move into Pine Island Sound. Good luck and see ya on the water! more...
Capt. Greg Hood - Sanibel